Hello, new to the forum, so thanks in advance. I am doing a roof, etc on a friend's new-to-them Maine cabin. The heater is a pretty beat up old top loading TempWood. This place has I suspect been empty for quite a while and now that the new metal roof is on you can see that the stack is just dumping ash. Which led me to investigate and find that there is no spark arrestor, no damper, and to me, even more importantly, no baffle! So in my mind it's basically a high tech fire pit right now. I grew up with a top loader but can't seem to remember, or find any pictures of a baffle set up. Was there one originally? Should I at least add a damper? A spark arrestor? My friend who has been staying there says the stove is a dream and you can really shut it down, which blows my mind because it just has two of those not at all airtight slider discs for vents. What should I do? I have suggested a new stove but it's not in the budget this year. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Not my picture but its one of these:
